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The Apple Tree

The Apple Tree is a three act musical with three different parts: the first being based on Mark Twain's The Diary of Adam and Eve, the second based on Frank R. Stockton's The Lady or the Tiger? and the third based off Passionella by Jules Feiffer. Each has its own story line, but all are tied together by the common theme of the relationship between man and woman, common musical themes, and common references such as "Why Brown?" The musical opened on October 18, 1966, at the Shubert Theatre (in New York), and ran for 463 performances, closing on November 25, 1967. It originally starred Barbara Harris(who won a Tony for Best Actress in a Musical for the role), Alan Alda, and Larry Blyden. The Apple Tree also received several other major Tony nominations: Alda for Best Actor in a Musical, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick for Best Composer and Lyricist, Mike Nichols for Best Direction of a Musical, Lee Theodore for Best Choreography, and the show itself for Best Musical. The Roundabout Theatre Company, one of New York’s largest not-for-profit theatre companies, mounted a revival in December 2006 with Kristin Chenoweth, Brian D'Arcy James in Alda's roles and Marc Kudisch in Blyden's. The reviews commonly say the musical is a bit dated but Chenoweth's performance is a marvel that keeps audiences coming. The revival of the Apple Tree came a close March 11,2007.

Songs include:

The Diary of Adam and Eve

Eden Prelude
Here in Eden
Feelings
Eve
Friends
The Apple Tree (Forbidden Fruit)
Beautiful, Beautiful world
It's A Fish
Go to Sleep, Whatever You Are
What Makes Me Love Him?
Eden Postlude

The Lady or the Tiger?

The Lady or the Tiger Prelude
I'll Tell You a Truth
Make Way
Forbidden Love (in Gaul)
The Apple Tree reprise
I've Got What You Want
Tiger, Tiger
Make Way reprise
Which Door?
I'll Tell You a Truth reprise

Passionella

Passionella Prelude
Oh, To Be a Movie Star
Gorgeous
(Who, Who, Who, Who) Who is She?
I Know
Wealth
You Are Not Real
Postlude
by Theatre Stalker January 8, 2008
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Poisoned apple

Stephanie was beautiful, successful, and popular with her peers, but cold or dismissive to everybody else - she was a poisoned apple that left a bitter taste in the mouth.
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spicy apple pie

Improperly called "Angry Balls," this is an exquisite adult beverage that is comprised of Fireball Whiskey and Angry Orchard Hard Cider.
Person 1: Do you want some Angry Balls?
Person 2: Angry Balls? What is that?
Person 1: Fireball Whiskey and Angry Orchard Hard Cider mixed together in deliciousness.
Person 2: That is not called Angry Balls. You are wrong. Don't ever call it Angry Balls again. It is called a Spicy Apple Pie.
Person 1: Oh, ok!
Person 3 (after trying Spicy Apple Pie): Now that's a spicy apple pie!
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quantum apple

A poster created by the artist Chromodynamic, depicting the quantum levels of the applegen atom.
A quantum apple is edible and tasty. Each single one of them, may display a variety of potential flavours. Due to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle when it gets bitten it's wave function collapses as one of the allowable flavours. One cannot predict it's taste before he/she causes the collapse of it's wave function via tasting the apple, because quantum potentiality is a fundamental quality of nature.
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Carmel Apple

A Carmel Apple is when you're doing anal & when you finish & you pull out covered in a brown glaze.
I just got a Carmel Apple and it wasn't savory kind.
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Green Apple Satanists

People that worship the only real evil in the world, Green apple Jolly Rancher water flavoring. This group of people are the worst of the worst, more horrible than regular Satanists and the KKK combined.
Guy one: hey, have you heard of the Green Apple Satanists?

Guy two: stay away from them! They'll sacrifice then eat your new born
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granny apple

When a mature older lady slaps your face with her oversized swollen hemorrhoids.
Joey was so drunk - he didn't realize he was being granny appled when Deb sat on his face.
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